"Tom Brown's School Days" is a novel by Thomas Hughes, published in1857. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, an English public school. The author attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, and the novel is mainly based on his adventures there. Tom Brown is mostly based on the author's brother George Hughes. The peak of Tom Brown's school career – a cricket match was also written from the author's own experiences. "Tom Brown's School Days" inspired several film adaptations and started a whole new genre of British literature - British school novels.
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